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FlixChatter Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) – this quirky British dramedy hits all the right notes

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There have been quite a few feature films based on shorts, Whiplash, Napoleon Dynamite, and District 9, just to name a few. This one is based on a BAFTA-nominated short film, The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, written by its stars Tom Basden and Tim Key, and directed by James Griffiths. Basden …

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FlixChatter Review: Young Woman and The Sea (2024)–Daisy Ridley makes a splash as Trudy Ederle in this triumphant sports biopic

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At first glance, the plot seems similar to last year’s NYAD centered on Diana Nyad, a female marathon swimmer who at the age of 64 finally realized her dream to swim from Cuba to Florida in 2013. Well, 87 before Nyad made history, Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Ederle paved the way for all female athletes when she …

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